Device to prevent hens from setting.



W. E SWIFT.

DEVICE TO PREVENT HENS FROM SETTING.

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1 ,274, 1 O4. Patented July 30, 1918.

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WILLIAM E. swrrr, or WAVEREY, rntrnorspm DEvIcE 'ro PREVENT HENS FROM sn'r rnwer. 1

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 17, 1917. Serial No. 142,847. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM EDWARD SWIFT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waverly, in the county of Morgan and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices to Prevent Hens-from Setting; and I do here'- by declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in the device for preventing hens from setting.

The object of this invention is the provision of a device which is adapted to be slipped around the body of a hen and located behind the wings and so constructed as to prevent the hen from sitting down but permits the hen to eat, drink or run around when the device is applied thereto.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a device of. this character which is adapted to be slipped around a hen and located beneath the wings and is provided with a prong which lies upon the breast of a hen thus preventing the hen from sitting down upon the eggs and in a short while breaks the hen of the desire to set upon the eggs so that she will start laying again.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of a device of this character which obviates the necessity of cooping the hen up to break her of setting upon eggs and in the course of short while breaks the hen of the habit of setting upon eggs so that she will go about la ing again.

A still further ob ect of this invention is the provision of a device which is adapted to prevent a hen from setting which is sim ple, practical and comparatively inexpensive 111 construction and one that can be manufactured and sold at a low cost.

With these and other objects in View this invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and set forth in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the hen with my device applied as made in accordance with this invention,

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of my improved device as made in accordance with this invention, and

Fig. 3 is a side Pate ted July 301. 1918.

Like numeralsof reference designate cor responding drawing. 7

Referring more particularly to the drawing the numeral 1 designates the lower member' oflmydevice and it is constructed of flat resilient metal which is bent back upon itself centrally of its ends asat2 to provide the spaced parallel arms 3 and 4 which arms parts in all the figures'of the are resilient and have their upper ends curved outwardly and upwardly as at 5 and the extreme upper ends of'the curved arms 5 are reduced to provide lugs 6 and 7 which are bent back upon themselves as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

The lower member 1 is to be constructed of any suitable material such as metal, wire or the like and the parallel arms 3 and 4 constitute a stop which will prevent the hen from sitting down when applied thereto. 3 and 4: may be adjusted or sprung out away from one another so as to permit of the enlarging of the upwardly and outwardly curved portions 5 to permit of the device being adjusted to fit hens of various sizes without binding. It will also be noted that the "top member 8 may be readily sprung out to conform to the configuration of the lower member.

The top member is designated by the numeral 8 and is constructed of flat metal or any other material suitable for the purpose and is substantially semi-circular and is provided adjacent each end with elongated slots which are adapted to receive the lugs-6 and 7 therein so as to removably secure the top member to the lower member.

By virtue of the loop 2, the arms slots 9 which are disposed above one end slots so as to increase or decrease the diameter between the members 1 and 8' when assembled.

By connecting one of the lugs of the arms 5 in the slot 9 of the member 8 it can be readily seen that this constitutes the hinge and the opposite member carrying the openings 9 may be hooked over the otherlug and atlljulsted about the hen to which it is app 1e When applying the device:

The top member 8 is disconnected from the lower member 1 the top member is straddled across the back of a hen and located under the wing 10 of the hen 11 the bottom member is then forced up about the breast of the hen the curved arms being located on opposite sides thereof, and the lugs disposed under the wings 10 and connected to the member 8 as previously described thus locating the parallel arms 3 and 4 in an inclined plane and projecting forwardly from the breast of the hen to which it is applied thereby preventing the hen from sitting down while the device is thereon.

WVhat is claimed is:

A device to prevent hens from setting comprising an upper and lower member, the lower member being constructed of flat elastic metal looped at its medial portion to provide spaced diverging arms, the upper terminal of said arms curved upwardly and outwardly to permit the device to be positioned and adjusted about the breast of a hen, the terminals of the arms bent outwardly and downwardly to provide attaching portions, the upper member being formed of flat metal and being substantially semi-circular and provided adjacent each end with slots to receive the attaching portions of the lower member for .detac'hably securing the members together, and said arms extending downwardly so as to pre vent the hen from setting.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM E. SWIFT. WVitnesses:

FRANK BEATTY, L. S. ScALEs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 0! Patents,

Washington, D. O. 

